Wednesday, November 13, 2013

You are
looking at the cover page of : ‘Libro de la invencion liberal y arte del juego
del axedrez’…………. Wonder what ??

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‘Wunderlist’ ~ an application helping to manage and share your to-do
lists. The buzz is that Investment
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based developer behind Wunderlist , a cutting edge productivity application.

Berlin is the capital
city of Germany and one of the 16 states of Germany. Located in northeastern
Germany on the River Spree, it is the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg
Metropolitan Region. First documented in the 13th century, Berlin became the
capital of the Kingdom of Prussia; the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and
the Third Reich.

Today at Chennai,
the fourth game of the FIDE World
Championship Match, sponsored by Tamil Nadu state also finished in a draw after
64 moves of play. Anand started the game with 1.e4 and Carlsen responded with
the Ruy Lopez Berlin defence. The opening earned its rock-solid reputation
during the famous Kasparov – Kramnik match in London, 2000.

The Ruy Lopez is
named after 16th-century Spanish priest Ruy López de Segura. It is one of the
most popular openings. Ruy Lopez made a
systematic study of this and other openings in the 150-page book on chess Libro
del Ajedrez written in 1561. Though this dates back to 1490, popular use of the
Ruy Lopez opening did not develop, until the mid-19th century when Carl
Jaenisch, a Russian theoretician, "rediscovered" its potential. Due
to the difficulty for Black to achieve equality, and the fact that Lopez was a priest during
the Inquisition, a common nickname for the opening is "The Spanish
Torture".

According to the
official website, Anand entered the main line where the queens are exchanged
and black forfeits the castle, in addition to having doubled c-pawns. The
position became extremely complicated.
The defending champion was still a pawn down, but the material got
reduced and white finally held a draw in the Rook endgame.

Libro
de la invencion liberal y arte del juego del axedrez (translation: Book of the
liberal invention and art of the game of chess) is one of the first books
published about modern chess in Europe, written by Spanish priest Ruy López de
Segura in 1561 and published in Alcalá de Henares.